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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 399 

Supporting the goals and ideals of National Cyber Security Awareness Month 

and raising awareness and enhancing the state of cybersecurity in the 

United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 30, 2013 

Mr. LANGEVIN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the goals and ideals of National Cyber Security 

Awareness Month and raising awareness and enhancing 

the state of cybersecurity in the United States. 

Whereas the use of the Internet in the United States to communicate, conduct business, or generate commerce that 

benefits the overall United States economy is ubiquitous; 

Whereas many people use the Internet in the United States 

to communicate with family and friends, manage finances 

and pay bills, access educational opportunities, work remotely, shop at home, participate in online entertainment 

and games, and stay informed of news and current 

events; 


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Whereas the exponential growth of these services has led to 

a concomitant increase in the amount of personal data 

stored electronically; 

Whereas the avenues to attack repositories holding these data 

have correspondingly increased and led to significant financial and personal privacy losses through theft and 

fraud; 

Whereas the intellectual property, including proprietary information, copyrights, patents, trademarks, and related information, of business, academic institutions, government, and individuals are vital to the economic security 

of the United States; 

Whereas the theft of intellectual property in the United 

States likely results in the loss of over $300,000,000,000 

per year, according to the Commission on the Theft of 

American Intellectual Property; 

Whereas this massive illicit activity is facilitated by advanced 

persistent threats and other state and non-state cyber actors; 

Whereas United States small businesses, which employ a significant fraction of the private workforce, increasingly 

rely on the Internet to manage their businesses, expand 

their customer reach, and enhance the management of 

their supply chain; 

Whereas studies have shown that small businesses are frequently the target of cyberattacks due to their less comprehensive defenses and that small businesses incur a significantly higher per capita cost per cyber incident than 

do larger companies; 

Whereas critical infrastructure systems in the United States 

rely on the secure and reliable operation of information 


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networks to support the United States Armed Forces, civilian government, energy, telecommunications, financial 

services, transportation, health care, and emergency response systems; 

Whereas critical infrastructure owners and operators face a 

growing threat of cyberattack as evidenced by increasingly sophisticated and destructive attacks and the denial 

of service attacks perpetrated on financial institutions; 

Whereas research tools continue to reveal the large number 

of industrial control systems and other critical information infrastructure connected to the Internet; 

Whereas nearly all public schools in the United States have 

Internet access to enhance education, with a significant 

percentage of instructional rooms connected to the Internet to provide access to educational online content and 

encourage self-initiative to discover research resources; 

Whereas the number of children who connect to the Internet 

continues to rise, and teaching children of all ages to become good cyber-citizens through safe, secure, and ethical 

online behaviors and practices is essential to protect their 

computer systems and potentially their personal safety; 

Whereas in addition to increasing personal safety and web 

hygiene, cybersecurity education initiatives can foster an 

interest in the discipline that may culminate in matriculation into a cybersecurity occupation helping to ease the 

shortage of qualified professionals; 

Whereas national organizations, policymakers, government 

agencies, private sector companies, nonprofit institutions, 

schools, academic organizations, consumers, and the 

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security and the need for enhanced cybersecurity in the 

United States; 

Whereas coordination between the numerous Federal agencies 

involved in cybersecurity efforts is essential to securing 

the cyber infrastructure of the United States; 

Whereas the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, published in February 2003, recommends a comprehensive 

national awareness program to empower all people in the 

United States, including businesses, the general workforce, and the general population, to secure their own 

parts of cyberspace; 

Whereas the White House’s Cyberspace Policy Review, published in May 2009, recommends that the United States 

Government initiate a national public awareness and education campaign to promote cybersecurity; 

Whereas ‘‘STOP. THINK. CONNECT.’’ is the national cybersecurity awareness campaign founded and led by the 

National Cyber Security Alliance and the Anti-Phishing 

Working Group as a public-private partnership with the 

Department of Homeland Security to help all digital citizens stay safer and more secure online; 

Whereas the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education 

(NICE), led by the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, is the coordinating body for the Federal Government to establish a sustainable, operational, and continually improving cybersecurity education program to 

enhance the Nation’s cybersecurity and support the development of a professional cybersecurity workforce and 

cyber-capable citizens; and 

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partment of Homeland Security, and other organizations 

working to improve cybersecurity in the United States 

have designated October 2013 as the tenth annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month in order to educate the people of the United States about the importance of cybersecurity: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports the goals and ideals of National 

3 Cyber Security Awareness Month; 

4 (2) continues to work with Federal agencies, 

5 businesses, educational institutions, and other orga6 nizations to enhance the state of cybersecurity in the 

7 United States; 

8 (3) commends the work of the National Initia9 tive for Cybersecurity Education and all the Federal 

10 agencies, nonprofits, educational institutions, busi11 nesses, and other organizations that support this ef12 fort; 

13 (4) recognizes ‘‘STOP. THINK. CONNECT.’’ 

14 as the national cybersecurity awareness campaign to 

15 educate people of the United States and help all citi16 zens stay safer and more secure online; and 

17 (5) congratulates the National Cyber Security 

18 Alliance, the Multi-State Information Sharing and 

19 Analysis Center, the Department of Homeland Secu20 rity, and other organizations working to improve cy21 bersecurity in the United States on the tenth anniVerDate Mar 15 2010 02:18 Oct 31, 2013 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR399.IH HR399

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1 versary of the National Cyber Security Awareness 

2 Month. 

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